Last year I stumbled upon a post by a fellow homeschool mom who shared her top five financial books she's read, and that started me on a journey of reading and discovering how we hope to have our money grow. 

@Eric DeNardo tough to make it work if your goal is to get all your money back (ie down payment and rehab).

Watch out for fine print that requires an additional fee at closing - this is a huge red flag and how most flat fee companies make money.

In november of 2022, I loaned private money to them for a term of 12 months.

If one believes everything somebody (including professionals) or something tells you, you're in trouble.

-The TSP loans give us pause due to conventional wisdom saying, "you should not take money out of your TSP."

If anyone stays in past closing you hold a LARGE amount of money in escrow and charge 2x market rent.

Is there a better way to ensure the money can be used as part of the buyers down payment?

What it does say is that I have access to private money and access to funding.

I’m looking to get private money lending to purchase a property and I do have ones who may help but nothing is etched in stone yet.